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January 5th, 2009

Recession? What Recession? Arizona Couple Increases Sales Ten-Fold and Shows Other Beauty Businesses How to Do It.

An Arizona couple whose struggling beauty treatment business suddenly increased ten-fold in the midst of the U.S. recession are showing other salon & spa owners how they did it. Dr Tim & Kanna Reilly were battling to bring in just $7,000 a month and were on the verge of closing their doors late in 2007 when they stumbled on an Australian-developed marketing system. They signed up, and in less than 10 months they were turning over $70,000 a month. (PRWeb Jan 5, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1751354.htm

Irvine Dermatologist Begins In-office Clinical Studies — Nissan Pilest, MD Combines Multi-Use Botox in Laser Resurfacing Clinical Studies

Training Physician for both Botox and Fraxel Repair, Nissan Pilest Board Certified Dermatologist in Orange County begins in-office clinical procedure studies to track the effectiveness of using Botox as a pre-treatment to enhance the improvements of fractional CO2 skin resurfacing. Specific to this study will be resistant lip lines in women over the age of 40. (PRWeb Jan 1, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/dermatologist/irvine/prweb1803144.htm

Flawlessly Yours! - America’s Newest Natural Skin, Hair, and Pet Care Line - Launches Website

Flawlessly Yours! is a skin, hair, and pet care brand that has been one of America's best-kept secrets. After developing the skin care line seventeen years ago, company founder and skin care creator and innovator, Cheri Oatsdean, has launched her products online. (PRWeb Jan 4, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1817404.htm

January 3rd, 2009

Health Highlights: Dec. 20, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Immune System Works Better at Night (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) — A good night’s sleep really does asick body good, new research says.

Too sick to work? Need health care? Take a number (AP)
AP - Master toolmaker John McClain built machine parts with details so small they couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. Then a lump on his neck turned out to be cancer.

January 2nd, 2009

Change We Can Believe In? Barack Obama Challenged to Kick the Smoking Habit - With Hypnosis

Atlanta's Stop Smoking Expert, Sean Wheeler challenges President-Elect Barack Obama to Quit Smoking on World Hypnotism Day - January 4th, 2009. Wheeler will hypnotize 88 smokers to quit the habit for good at a free event in Marietta, GA. (PRWeb Dec 31, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1804444.htm

In today’s Healthy Water Revolution, Consumers are Demanding High Standards When it Comes to Drinking Water - Ionized Alkaline Water

In an industry based on helping consumers solve daily challenges ranging from offering unique and high impact products to the ability to take control of their financial future, The Real Water Club, LLC, seems uniquely positioned to accommodate both in a product category that crosses all economic, social, and cultural boundaries…drinking water. The E2 technology ionizer adds hundreds of millions of free electrons to the water through a proprietary technology that is both stable and natural. This changes the water from positive (+) ionized (which is bad) to negative (-) ionized alkiline water (which is good). It also increases the pH of the water. (PRWeb Jan 1, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ionizer/water/prweb1808634.htm

Weight Loss Spas Help in Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

Spafinder's Reader's Choice Award Winners for 2008 are selected for Best for Weight Loss Spa. These top ten spas are the perfect place to keep New Year's Resolutions regarding weight loss, destressing and detoxing. (PRWeb Dec 30, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/weight_loss_spa/new_years_resolution/prweb1805144.htm

January 1st, 2009

www.greatplacesinc.com Is the Leading Internet Resource for Current, Relevant, Reliable Advice, Counseling the 76 Million Baby Boomers Who Are Increasingly Responsible for Their Aging Parents’Care

At www.greatplaceinc.com, you'll find a 50-state register of senior housing options — senior apartments, assisted living, nursing homes, adult day care and many more — together with a 12-chapter Toolkit that offers advice and counsel on a variety of legal, social and family issues that impact Boomers and their parents. (PRWeb Dec 30, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/twin_cities/business_wire/prweb1809604.htm

December 31st, 2008

Walnut Creek Personal Trainer Launches Power Body Boot Camps

Fitness and fat loss expert Lou Kristopher founder of Total Power Fitness LLC, is launching Power Body Boot Camps. Now more men and women of Walnut Creek will have effective cutting edge personal training available to them for less time and money. (PRWeb Dec 31, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1804504.htm

December 30th, 2008

Immune System Works Better at Night (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) — A good night’s sleep really does asick body good, new research says.

‘Please, sir, I’m stuffed’: What Oliver Twist should really have said (AFP)
AFP - Doctors writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) say they have uncovered the gruel truth behind the Victorian workhouse.

Highly resistant bacteria common in ER workers (Reuters)
Reuters - Health care workers in emergency departments are often carriers of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or (MRSA), potentially putting patients at risk, according to two reports in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

December 29th, 2008

How to Really Screw Up the Diet in’09… And Wind Up Being Healthy

Americans face every January with renewed resolutions to fight the fat, battle the bulge, handle the love handles. And yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that our obesity rates increase each year. (PRWeb Dec 24, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1782894.htm

December 27th, 2008

Vigorous Treadmill Workout Curbs Appetite Hormones (HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) — Aerobic exercise is betterthan non-aerobic activities at suppressing appetite, according to a U.K.study.

December 26th, 2008

Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don’t Work (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — Policies enacted by states torestrict and limit indoor tanning by children under 18 aren’t working,cancer researchers report.

Health Highlights: Dec. 21, 2008 (HealthDay)
HealthDay - Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,compiled by editors of HealthDay:

December 25th, 2008

HIV/AIDS”hidden but growing” problem in the Philippines (AFP)
AFP -”I came out to show people we are normal,” says AIDS worker Roberto Ruiz, who is fighting the social stigma that HIV/AIDS still carries in the Philippines.